TOS translates to, 'Terms of Service'
and are usually the guidelines for most sites.

Teh is the most common misspelled
form of the word, 'The'

3: Basic HTML Guide

HTML stands for 'Hypertext Markup Language' and
is the main form for building websites and other
useful 'codes'.

Each separate HTML code is always enclosed by
< and > However, for this site, the most
basic codes are: Bolding text, underlining text,
italicizing text and making links and really isn't
HTML, it's actually coding for the old phpbb sites
or whatnot, giving them the name, phpbb codes.
(If that's wrong, go yell at dstates 'cuz that's
what he told me) The following examples however,
will tell you how to make the codes and other
HTML work.

Section 3.1 - Bolding, Underlining and
Italicizing Text

To bold your text for posting, surround your
text with this code- [b] on the left side and
[/b] on the right side of all the text you want
bolded. So to make bolded text for posting, I
would have to write it like this: [b]Display
Text Here[/b]

If I wanted to bold the text in my signature,
all I would have to do is replace the brackets
[ and ] with these symbols- < and >

So to make bold text in my signature, I would
have to write it as follows: <b>Display
Text Here</b>

If I want to UNDERLINE my text instead of bold,
I would follow everything above except replacing
the 'b' with a 'u'

Same goes for ITALICS. Replace the letters with
an 'i' to italics your text.

Section 3.2- Making URL Links

This part is fairly simple and you can also link
to any site that does not violate the TOS. To
make a URL Link while posting, simple copy and
paste the address into your post box, putting
[url] on the left side and [/url] on the right
side of the address.

A link to this site while posting would look like
this:[url]www.cheathappens.com[/url] (Do not include
the http:// part of the address)

You can change the number after the plus
sign to alter the size of the text.<FONT COLOR="red">I'm red!</FONT>
(Add whatever basic color you want)

You can also use both HTML codes together
in one string of text to manipulate both the
color and the size of the text. It would look
as the following:<FONT SIZE=“+X”><FONT
COLOR=“red”>Text here</FONT></FONT>

How to make clickable links with your text
of choice in your signatures:
<A HREF="http://www.someplace.com">Display
Text</A>

A link to this site with the clickable text
'Click Here' would read as follows:
<A HREF="http://www.cheathappens.com">Click
Here</A>

Note: This HTML code will not work for posting.

How to make clickable links with your text of
choice in your posts: Note: Clickable
links with your text of choice in posts will only
work inside Cheat Happens. You cannot make clickable
links with your text of choice in posts to other
sites.

Note: Buttons on this site are
only allowed in your personal profile page. NOT
POSTING and NOT SIGNATURES.
The above code will make a 'Button' inside your
profile and once you click that button, you will
get the little box. Both button and box can have
your text of
choice. You can also edit the code to alter the
size and color of the text.

How to make a straight line in posting:
This is probably the easiest of HTML codes ever,
but usually not the first to learn. Simply enter
in the code, <hr> in any part of
your post to make a straight line. Simple, huh?

How to add an image: <IMG SRC="YOUR IMAGE LINK HERE">

You can also customize the width and the height
by adding this part of the code:<IMG SRC="YOUR IMAGE LINK HERE"
width="400" height="450">

Note: Images are only allowed
in your personal profile. Not for posting and
not for signatures. Be sure that any image is
acceptable for all age groups and does not violate
the TOS.

How to make your image a link to another site:<a href="LINK TO SITE HERE" target="_blank"><img
src="IMAGE LINK HERE" border="0"
alt=></a>

Note: Unlike URL Links, for
every address that is needed (for both codes),
be sure to include the http:// part of the address.
Failure to do so will result in a bad link and
possible humiliation.

To get an image link, you first need to host
the picture on an image hosting site. www.photobucket.com
is a good site to make a free account and begin
to upload any picture on demand.

How to manipulate posting quotes:
The code for a quote when you post reads as follows:[quote1]QUOTED PERSON'S NAME HERE[/quote1]TEXT
OF QUOTE HERE[/quote2]

You can use the above code for any of your posts
and edit the name and the text of the quote to
your liking as long as nothing in your modified
quote violates the TOS.

This is especially useful for two reasons:
-You forget to quote.
-You assume you don't need to quote, yet someone
posts before you.

4: Basic Forum No-No's

Section 4.1- Spamming, Bumping, Flaming,
Trolling

The following are basic definitions of the above
and are against the rules of the majority of websites
that contain forums. Doing any of the above on
this site is a violation on the TOS (Terms of
Service) and is punishable by a permanent ban
of your account.

The definitions are:

Spamming: The posting of something, 'pointless'
and that has no real meaning or point.

If I were to make a topic called 'What's your
favorite movie?'
And someone posted saying, 'La la my computer
is teh sucks, why do every1 hate me much?'
That would be spamming.

Bumping: The revival or posting in old topics.
Everyone hates a bumper, please…don't
bump.

Flaming: The intentional posting to get an
angry post in return, or to take part in a pointless
argument.

Trolling- To intentionally antagonize someone,
or continued flaming. An example of trolling
would be:

Step 4) Open your document in WordPad or
Notepad and all the lines should be even.

Step 5) Check over your FAQ for any slight
glitches, sometimes the lines do not break evenly
and that must be manually fixed.

Step 6) Submit your FAQ via the AUTHORS link
on the top of any page on this site and patiently
wait for a response. If approximately two weeks
go by without a response, then your work was
rejected. All you have to do now is make it
more detailed and maybe longer. Add all the
new information via Microsoft Word and repeat
the steps.

And you're done! That was simple, right?

6: Credits

Section 6.1- Special Thanks and Contact
Information

Thanks to:
-God, without Him none of this would exist.
-My parents, without them none of this would exist.
-CHU Author 'dstates' for helping me out with
part of the guide.
-Founder #1 of Cheat Happens Nevermore for letting
me write this.
-Founder #2 of Cheat Happens PWizard for making
a great site.
-Urbandictionary.com for quick references.
-Me for writing this.